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    Rusty Cundieff

    1960-12-13 (63 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff (born December 13, 1960) is an American film/television director, actor, and writer. His notable credits are as director/writer of and lead actor in the This Is Spinal Tap-like rap satire Fear of a Black Hat, as writer of the second installment to House Party, and as director of the horror anthology Tales from the Hood. He also directed the 1997 film, Sprung. He was also a director for Chappelle's Show and a correspondent on TV Nation. He also directed and starred in a U Can't Touch This parody titled Yes We Can, which focuses on Barack Obama. Cundieff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Christina and John A. Cundieff, both of whom appeared in Tales from the Hood. He is married to Trina Davis Cundieff with whom he has two children. Cundieff is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. He also portrayed a fraternity brother (of the fictitious Gamma Phi Gamma) in Spike Lee's School Daze in which actual members of Alpha Phi Alpha were featured. Cundieff is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Cundieff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    57 Seconds
    61.449999999999996 %|Sep 29, 2023
    Thriller, Science Fiction, Action
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    Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
    72 %|Feb 7, 2019
    Documentary
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    American Nightmares
    50 %|Oct 11, 2018
    Horror, Comedy
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    Tales from the Hood 2
    49 %|Jul 13, 2018
    Horror
    actor
    In Search of Charlie Chan
    70 %|Jun 20, 2006
    Documentary
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    Sprung
    55 %|May 14, 1997
    Comedy, Romance
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    Tales from the Hood
    62.03 %|May 24, 1995
    Horror, Crime, Thriller
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    Fear of a Black Hat
    59 %|Jun 3, 1994
    Comedy
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    Eddie Presley
    42 %|Dec 8, 1992
    Drama, Comedy, Music
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    School Daze
    59 %|Feb 12, 1988
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    Hollywood Shuffle
    62.95 %|Mar 20, 1987
    Comedy

    Series

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    TV Nation
    59 %|Jul 19, 1994
    News, Documentary, Comedy
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    What's Happening Now!!
    66 %|Sep 7, 1985
    Comedy
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    MacGruder and Loud
    50 %|Jan 21, 1985